The New York Times reported in 1939 that Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels terminated the careers of five prominent German comedians. Their crime? Making political jokes about the Nazi regime.

A rumor that circulated online in September 2025 claimed an image showed a real newspaper article from Feb. 4, 1939, reporting that high-ranking Nazi Party leader Joseph Goebbels — the minister of ...

The former estate of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, is too expensive to keep and perilous to sell. No one knows quite what to do with it. By Sarah Maslin Nir A comic novel from the ...